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When The Student is Ready.....

Last weekend I had the privilege of attending Harv Eker's "Millionaire Mind Intensive" in Los Angeles. It was a nice, quiet three days, just me and 2,399 other screaming maniacs playing at a level 10 from morning to night. You see, Harv knows how to create and maintain energy in a room, and that's good, especially when the room is pretty big!

I did notice one unusual behavior pattern in some of the other participants, though. We had quite a few interactive processes where we paired up with other people, and I noticed several of my partners completely ignored the instructions. These processes were all designed to help us identify and replace old limiting beliefs about success and money, and by ignoring the instructions and going off on their own tangent, these participants were sabotaging themselves.

Now why would anyone spend good money to go and lock themselves in a giant room for three days and then work hard to see that they didn't get full benefit out of it? The answer, I think, is fear. Fear of exposing and confronting uncomfortable or painful feelings; fear of re-experiencing painful situations. Sometimes we are terribly frightened by what we think is locked inside us.

I call it a "Wizard of Oz" experience. You remember in the movie how all the characters were so intimidated by the loud, booming voice of "The Great Oz", but when they looked behind the curtain it was a different story. That's kind of how it works with our old memories and feelings. They can seem real scary to us because we acquired most of them as children and there is a lot of emotion attached. But the good part is that when we bring them out to the light of day, their power over us evaporates.

I felt bad for these people who were too frightened to confront their own feelings even when they knew in their own mind that these old beliefs were what had them stuck. We all know the old saying about "when the student is ready, the teacher appears." Well, what I saw was that when the student isn't ready, the best teacher in the world can't do squat.

So, are we teachable? Do we have the courage, today, to be teachable? Because it does take courage. The answer to this question makes all the difference in the world to the only person who matters - us!

posted by Wes Hopper @ 4:33 PM